The dangers of piercings

Nowadays, almost everywhere you go you will find somebody with a piercing or two. Many people get piercings for social, cultural, or artistic reasons. The piercings are a trend, but before getting a piercing you should know that there are physical risks and dangers. Is it secure to get a piercing? No it isn’t. Many people think that they are doing a good thing but what if a problem occurs? Some dangers of this practice are: uncontrollable bleeding, chronic infection, scarring, skin allergies to the jewelry used, boils that secrete pus, hepatitis, tetanus, HIV, and nerve damage, all of which will make you regret getting a piercing.

Getting pierced will hurt if you move the piercing too much before they have healed what can cause bleeding and a lot of pain. Also, if they get caught on clothing it will cause a lot of pain. Furthermore, if your piercing comes in contact with chlorine from swimming pools it may cause the pierced area to dry out. 

People who are diabetic can’t get one because it can cause a terrible infection. Also, bacterias can attack your body if the place where you get the piercing has inappropriate conditions like for example: it’s dirty and it is not well sterilized. This is very dangerous and we have to be careful, the best way to avoid these risks is not getting a piercing never.

There are more serious risks for example hepatitis, tetanus, HIV, and amputations. In some cases the infection or bacteria is so powerful that doctors have to amputate parts of the body. This is terrible; people don’t imagine the serious thing that is getting a piercing. If any of these occurs people can get little illnesses or serious illnesses and even death.

When a person gets pierced that person doesn’t take in consideration the risks because this practice is a trend. People should think twice before doing something that can damage the life. We all should take care of ourselves that includes take care of our body and investigate about what we are going to do; to avoid health problems.